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    Wet tumbling brass

    I bit the bullet on Friday and purchased a wet tumbler. I started cleaning brass a few years ago with a vibratory tumbler and either corn or walnut media and was content. I then switched to an ultrasonic cleaner and was happy with that for a few years. NOW....holy moly what a difference in the final product!!
    This batch of 9mm was done yesterday using dawn dish soap, lemi-shine and stainless steel pins...crazy!!
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    How do you go about drying them out ?

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      #3
      I rubbed them around a little bit in a towel and then poured them on the baking sheet you see in the pic. Put it outside in the Sun and those suckers are bone dry within a couple of hours!

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        #4
        They look great ! how long did you tumble ? I was told by a friend that he tumbled for 45 minutes and they came out really bright.

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          #5
          This batch ran for 2 hours.

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            #6
            a cheap food dehydrator works great for drying brass. Been using one for a while now and I wish i had been using it for years.

            Dave

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              #7
              I've been using a cheap food dehydrator as well, from Amazon. Works great. I don't use lemishine anymore either.


              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                #8
                Yup discovered that a few years ago and can't imagine doing it any other way.

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                  #9
                  Welcome to the club. Nothing like brass that looks new, including the interiors and primer pockets!


                  cricman

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by cricman View Post
                    Welcome to the club. Nothing like brass that looks new, including the interiors and primer pockets!


                    cricman
                    I noticed he didn't de-prime first. Missing half the benefit.

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                      #11
                      I don't de-prime my pistol brass...only rifle.
                      I go through way too much pistol ammo to justify the time it would take to decap every one of them one at a time.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by H-D View Post
                        I don't de-prime my pistol brass...only rifle.
                        I go through way too much pistol ammo to justify the time it would take to decap every one of them one at a time.
                        ...you have reusable primers?




                        Note: joking, I assume you have a progressive or don't want to run it through a die twice.

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                          #13
                          Same way i clean mine. People think its brand new brass.

                          I run it for an hour then dump it and deprime. Then i tumble for another 3 hours or so. Primer pockets are spotless.

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                            #14
                            I just started cleaning mine this way as well. So shiny! Dehydrator to dry as well.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by sir shovelhands View Post
                              Note: joking, I assume you have a progressive or don't want to run it through a die twice.
                              Exactly.

                              I do take the time to do it for all my rifle brass though. Like the pistol...it doesn't need it, but physiologically it helps me when taking long shots

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